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Protest against rice imports

A farmer scatters grains of rice on the street during a press conference in front of the Seoul Government Complex, Tuesday, in protest of the government’s rice import policy. Farmers urged the government to stop importing rice as they have had a good harvest this year and thus prices have fallen. / Yonhap

New Zealand seminar

Ryan Freer, center, trade commissioner of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), poses with participants in the New Zealand Investment Seminar at the Plaza Hotel, Seoul, Oct. 21. They include Lee Sun-yul, third from left, foreign attorney at Kim and Chang; and Paul Goodwin, third from right, head of institutional relationships at ANZ Bank. The event was jointly hosted by NZTE and ANZ Bank and is part of the New Zealand Festival which took place last month. / Courtesy of EDGE Communications

For equal access to public transport

Solidarity Against Disabled Discrimination (SADD) members protest against the government and bus companies at a bus stop at the City Hall, central Seoul, Monday. Calling for better facilities, SADD says disabled people are denied equal access to public transport, after some people in wheelchairs were prevented from boarding an intercity bus in September. The organization claims that the government has failed to introduce easier, steps-free access. / Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Korea-Middle East partnership

Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se delivers a keynote speech during the 12th Korea-Middle East Cooperation Forum at The Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu, downtown Seoul, Monday. Over 250 former and incumbent government officials, scholars and entrepreneurs from Korea and Middle East countries attended the annual forum jointly hosted by the Korea-Arab Society, Jeju Peace Institute and Arab Thought Forum. / Yonhap

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Seafood festival

People crowd into the Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market in Seoul to buy discounted seafood during a market festival, Sunday. The stalls of the traditional market will soon be moved to a new building due to be completed by the end of this month./ Yonhap

'Don Quixote' translation

Park Chul, right, former president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, offers copies of his translated books of “Don Quixote” to Dario Villanueva, director of Royal Spanish Academy, at the academy in Madrid, Thursday. Marking the 400th year of Miguel de Cervantes’ publication of the second book of his novel series, Park’s translation will be in the academy’s permanent collection. / Courtesy of Royal Spanish Academy

Reunion of son and mother

North Korean Han Song-il, 74, helps his 93-year-old mother Lee Geum-seok from South Korea eat shrimp during inter-Korean familyreunions at Mount Geumagang in North Korea, Sunday. About 90 war-torn families had their first meal together since the 1950-53 Korean War.  The family reunions, which continued over the past week in two groups, will end today. / Yonhap

Swiss orchestra shines

The Embassy of Switzerland  hosted a concert featuring the Zurich Youth Symphony Orchestra, with the support of the Swiss Cultural Fund Korea, at the Seoul Arts Center on Oct. 17. The orchestra was founded in 1987 by English conductor Howard Griffith andconsists of musicians aged 14 to 24. / Courtesy of the Embassy of Switzerland

Chrysanthemums in fall

Students look at a variety of chrysanthemums at a flower exhibition presented by the Suwon High School for Agricultural Science in front of the Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Friday./ Yonhap